St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-08


a meeting at the South Side tabernacle last
evening.
The Minneapolis Bicycle club held its
monthly meeting last evening, after run to
Diamond lake.
John E. Osborne has begun suit against
promissory note.
Jerry Crowley has resigned his position in
the money-order department of the postohce.
Arthur Merriman succeeds him.
Rev. A. B. Nichols is pastor of the new
Hebron Presbyterian church, on Third ave.
nue. north and Thirty-second street.
Tomorrow the st. Anthony parochial
school will have a picnic at Lake Harriet.
There are about 30 scholars in the school;
Hiram r. Shellenbarger died Monday night,
aged fifty years. Funeral from his late resi-
dence, 112O Franklin avenue east, this after
noon at 2 o'clock.
The Episcopal church property on Twenty,
sixth street and Fourth avenue south has
been sold for $500. A new church costing
SIS, 900 will be erected ON Twenty-sixth street
and Clinton avenue.
Prof. f. A. Sullivan, of Boston, begins a
series of lectures on 1.-The Art of Embalm+
ing'' at the Office of the Northwestern Casket
company this evening.
The body of Frederick Jacobson, the young
man who was drowned while bathing In the
river Monday evening, was found yesterday
about noon among the logs on the East side.
The funeral of Fred jacobson, the young
man VINO was drowned III the hill pOuu MOL
day, will take place from n. Warner d Co.'s
undertaking rooms this morning at 10
o'clock. -
new block, five stories in height and TO
cost $4,000, is being erected by James Me-
Kinney, Jr., on the site adjoining the st.
James hotel The block will contain about
100 Offices.
The lightning last evening destroyed or
rendered unfit for use nearly all the tele-
phones of the police telephone system of East
anl ln rfetnr fnr 70 q CT 1S-
trict at police headquarters was also burned
out.
The dime museum is presenting this week.
the banner specially show of the season.
Tom Dixon, the phenomenal tenor, is max
ing decided hit. Next week the famous
Howard collection of paintings will be ex-
hibited
Following are the newly elected officers of
the Hennepin County Medical society: Dr. M.
E. Wooding. president; DR.. E. G. Bowen,
vice president: DIR. W. j.. Byrnes secretary;
DR.. A. S. Milestone, treasurer; DR.. A. ii. Sal
isbury, librarian.
The funeral of Franklin Cook, one of the
pioneers of the city, who died Sunday, will
take place this morning Mr.. Cook was well
known here having come to the Minneapolis
in 1855. Many of the bridges in the county
were built by him.
While workmen were excavating ON the
corner of Thirteenth avenue south and Ninth
street yesterday, the dirt caved in, and Chris
Jansen and Nels Anderson were buried be-
meath it: They were rescued without having
received any injuries.
The special council committee consisting
of the city attorney and an alderman from
each ward, appointed TO consider Aid.
Dryers motion to substitute the days work
for the contract system wherever practicable,
meets Friday afternoon.
Monday evening the twenty-first anniver-
sary of the Y. NJ G. A. will be celebrated at
the First Baptist church. Richard C. Morse
secretary of the international committee of
the Y NJ. G. A. of the United States and Can
ada, will deliver the address.
Mrs. Emily Ruckman, wife of Rev. P. Ruck-
man of Big Spring, Neb., died Monday night,
aged about forty years. The remains were
taken to Connelly's morgue where they will
be kept until the arrival of her brother,
George c. Greene, from Buffalo, n. Y.
1t has been reported that the Hibernian
Rifles were not courteously treated at the
banquet given in celebration of Company
AS return. 1t is explained that this was not
the case, Company A offering to vacate seats
in their honor, but Capt. Kennedy declined.
John Thorn, while working on a building
on the corner of Twenty-sixth street and
Eighteenth avenue SOUTH. yesterday, fell
from scaffolding, fracturing several ribs
and sustaining severe internal injuries. He
was taken to his home, 1921 Seventeenth av-
enue south.
The case of Nancy Mckee VS.. A. E.. Jones
district court yesterday. Mrs. Mckee claims
that the defendants sold her land in Wright]s
addition, claiming it was dry and suitable
for building. When she came to look at it
she found it swampy.
Yesterday was the hottest day thus far this
season, the thermometer marking $50 at =
o'clock. Every one sought the shady side Of
the street, and it was not an unusual sight to
see prominent citizens sailing along the,
street minus coats, and Wiping the prespira-
ton The rain in the evening cooled the air
a trifle.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
Samuel 5. Jones and Mary A. Roberts, John
II. Martindale and Ella Wassemer, David NJ
Hamilton and Mamie Bohannen, Edwin A.,
Thayer and Mabelle M. Richards, Joseph
Sophia Alquest, George Pringle and Agnes
Charlton. -. ~
1t was reported yesterday morning that
and blind factory formerly the Goodridge-
Hascome company, on Fifth street north
east, had gone out on a strike on account of
not receiving their pay when it was due.
From the best information that could be OBJ
tanned last evening it appeared that the
trouble, if there had been any, was settled.
At the meeting of the Minneapolis Congre-
gotional union at Plymouth church Monday
evening the following officers were elected:
President, George II. Rust vice president, L.
w. Campbell; secretary, Rev. j. II. Morley;
treasurer, d. P. Jones; directors First
church, Rev. George r. Merrill, L. w. Camp
bell; Second church, c. S. Bardwell, H. p
Roberts; Pilgrim church, II. n. Leighton;
Plymouth church, Rev. c. f. Thwing, Rev. j.
II. Morley, George H. Rust George B. Shep-
herd Charles A. Bovey, j. E. Bell, Charles II.
Woods, d. P. Jones; Vine church, Cev. S. v.
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